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Woolly Winter. Kempen Heath Sheep, National Park 'De Hamert', Bergen, Limburg, The Netherlands

The name designation in the map function of Flickr is often wrong, as in this contribution. Ooijen is on the west side of the Meuse River; De Hamert on the east.

The National Park 'De Hamert' is a great place to walk in any season, even in dreary, gray winter. This area was already settled in the bronze and early iron ages; it has only been partially excavated for archaeology in order to leave finds for later generations.

The heath is grazed by Kempen Heath Sheep whose forebears - as uncovered sheep bones attest - lived here as early as the bronze age.

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Uploaded on January 23, 2022
Taken on January 23, 2022